School: Knockbride (2)
- Location:
- Knockbride, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: T.J. Barron
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1015, Page 358
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- (continued from previous page)It is believed that St. Brigid turned a boy into a frog for harming a robin's nest.It is said that Owen Roe O'Neill died from sucking four blackbird's eggs.
- There was a commons about Cashel where Drumina - veal cattle were grazed over one hundred years ago. Each farmer had his cattle in charge of a boy. They were brought home at night to be milked and kept at home till morning as cattle-stealing was common.
- Collector
- Mr A. Lynch
- Gender
- Male
- Occupation
- Teacher
- Address
- Carrigallen, Co. Leitrim
- Informant
- Frank O' Hare
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Drumaveil South, Co. Cavan
- Informant heard of this cure. Nine irons were warmed in a fire and pointed at a sore to cure it.
- To cure wildfire, which was a kind of scurf on the face, a coal was taken in the tongs and put around the(continues on next page)
